Showing posts with label flower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flower. Show all posts

Asoka Flower (Saraca asoca)

Asoka Flower (Saraca asoca)

Asoka (Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Wilde, tribal legumes or Fabaceae), Angsoka, or sometimes confused with soft-shelled (Ixora javanica), is a tree with red flowers are very beautiful. Its name is taken from Sanskrit which means "free from a sense of sadness" (a-: no, shelled: sad). This plant was imported from India and in Surakarta and Yogyakarta usually planted in the courtyard of the palace and houses of nobility.


Karamunting Flower (Ochthocharis bornensis)

This picture is the wild flower that I know called Karamunting
(botanical name:  Ochthocharis bornensis)



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